Tag Archives: Champions League

Barcelona made 2

on April 28, 2011 None comments

The No.3 meeting between Real and Barcelona was a real show. Lionel Messi scored twice in the last 15 minutes, the second a fabulous solo effort. This game showed why Messi is probablly the best player in the world.

FC Barcelona took a giant stride towards a second UEFA Champions League final in three seasons after his brriliant player, Messi, struck twice in the final 15 minutes, the second a memorable solo strike, to earn victory at ten-man Real Madrid CF.

Messi suffered a muscle stretch in this No.3 episode of El Clasico, 2-0 to Barcelona! The argentinian player will certainly miss Saturday’s match, away against Real Sociedad! Messi could recover until the last episode of El Clasico, next week on Tuesday.

About ball possesion:
The game was a thrill for the fans, and in the ball posesion, Barcelona broke all the limits. And regarding this, Real Madrid had the ball 17 minutes and 9 seconds, while Barcelona kept the ball for 43 minutes and 23 seconds, almost an entire first part.

To shadow Barca’s victory, Murinho said: “I would be embarrassed to win as Guardiola did “.

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Real Madrid dreaming for succes

on April 22, 2011 None comments

Although pretty far in Primera Division from Barcelona, Real wants to keep its flag up high against their old time rival. After 1-1 in the Primera and 1-0 in King’s Cup, Murinho’s team hopes for succes against Barcelona, the team with the best possession in the world!

One of Real’s stars, Cristiano Ronaldo commented:
“Let’s stay grounded after winning the Cup and start to prepare the Champions League double with Barcelona”.
“We have demonstrated that possession does not automatically win trophies. I had a positive attitude and mentality, I knew what to do. We are very united and that is our weapon.”

Despite the good form shoed by the galactics, they’ve been “hit” after Sami Khedira injured his thigh in Cup final and has almost minimal chances to catch the “double” from the League with Barcelona. The midfielder is treated in Munich to return as soon as possible in the ground.

The next stage from UEFA Champions League against Barcelona, the third meeting between the two teams in 3 weeks is set on the 27th April on Bernabeu Stadium.

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Schalke way over Inter

on April 14, 2011 None comments

The quarter finals from UEFA Champions League offered us a show that worth all the money. Schalke and Inter battled to obtain the qualification in the next stage. The second leg of the quarter final started with a big advantage of 3 goals after the first stage result, 5-2 for Schalke.

Teams:

Schalke: Neuer, Sarpei, Howedes, Raul, Edu, Baumjohann, Papadopoulos, Jurado, Metzelder, Uchida, Matip
Substitutes: Schober, Plestan, Junmin, Schmitz, Charisteas, Karimi, Draxler

Inter: Julio Cesar, Zanetti, Stankovic, Lucio, Thiago Motta, Eto’o, Sneijder, Maicon, Ranocchia, Milito, Nagatomo
Substitutes: Castellazzi, Cordoba, Kharja, Cambiasso, Materazzi, Pandev, Coutinho

Exactly like the first leg, Schalke’s players were more lucid, with more ideas in construction and with a Raul of genius. They started the scoreboard in 45 min. through Raul’s strike. At this time Inter is 5 goals under qualification.

A spark of hope comes in for Inter in 49th minute, after Thiago Motta puts the ball in the net.

Qualification with an overall score of 7-3 for Schalke is obtain in minute 82 when Howedes, served by Raul, scores sealing the deal.

Schalke will meet Manchester United in the next stage.

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Real Madrid, highscore

on April 13, 2011 None comments

Real Madrid with a coach that matches expectations, managed a run through the quarterfinal games against Tottenham. With an aggregate score of 5-0, the words are insufficient to express the English pain. All the weight remains on Manchester United to keep the flag high for the queen.

The teams were align following:
Tottenham: Gomes, Bale, Huddlestone, Lennon, Pavlyuchenko, Van der Vaart, Gallas, Modric, Dawson, Corluka, Assou-Ekotto
Substitutes: Cudicini, Kaboul, Jenas, defoe, Bassong, Kranjcar, Sandro

Real Madrid: Casillas, Carvalho, Sergio Ramos, Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcelo, Xabi Alonso, Arbeloa, Albiol, Ozil, Khedira, Adebayor
Substitutes: Adan, Kaka, Benzema, Granero, Garay, Higuain, Di Maria

The game was balanced enough but the genius mind from Real, Cristiano Ronaldo, took a shoot from 25m, Tottenham’s goalkeeper, Gomez , let’s the ball slide through his hands. A small score but add +1 at the four from the first round and you have a qualification obtained.

Next stage of UEFA Champions League is a new “El clasico” from Primera Division between Real and Barca.

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Murinho & Real, dream team

on April 12, 2011 None comments

One of the best coaches in the world, Jose Murinho, tells us the story of his life, about a great career as a coach and the great moments experienced on Real Madrid‘s bench. Mourinho has 17 trophies as coach: two Champions League trophies – one in 2004 with FC Porto and one last year with Inter Milan and one UEFA cup in 2003.

Jose Murinho : “For me, the game with the number 500 has special significance. I had a full career, working at the highest level and I coached the best teams in the world. I trained in England, Italy and now in Spain. That says it all. I want to be coach of Real to match 600 of my career.”

Mourinho got to Real Madrid with the hope of a second Champions League trophy, who has not won the trophy since 2002. The management team got rid Spanish coach Manuel Pellegrini and brought into its place Mourinho by paying the termination clause of his contract with Inter Milan, summing around to eight million euros

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